pinched 音标拼音: [p'ɪntʃt]
a . 缩紧的;憔悴的;困难的
缩紧的;憔悴的;困难的
pinched adj 1 :
sounding as if the nose were pinched ; "
a whining nasal voice " [
synonym : {
adenoidal }, {
pinched }, {
nasal }]
2 :
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold ;
"
emaciated bony hands "; "
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys "; "
eyes were haggard and cavernous "; "
small pinched faces "; "
kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration " [
synonym : {
bony }, {
cadaverous }, {
emaciated },
{
gaunt }, {
haggard }, {
pinched }, {
skeletal }, {
wasted }]
3 :
not having enough money to pay for necessities [
synonym : {
hard up }, {
impecunious }, {
in straitened circumstances (
p )},
{
penniless }, {
penurious }, {
pinched }]
4 :
as if squeezed uncomfortably tight ; "
her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her "
Pinch \
Pinch \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pinched };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Pinching }.] [
F .
pincer ,
probably fr .
OD .
pitsen to pinch ;
akin to G .
pfetzen to cut ,
pinch ;
perhaps of Celtic origin .
Cf . {
Piece }.]
1 .
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers ,
between teeth or claws ,
or between the jaws of an instrument ;
to squeeze or compress ,
as between any two hard bodies .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
to seize ;
to grip ;
to bite ; --
said of animals . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
He [
the hound ]
pinched and pulled her down .
--
Chapman .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To plait . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Full seemly her wimple ipinched was . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Figuratively :
To cramp ;
to straiten ;
to oppress ;
to starve ;
to distress ;
as ,
to be pinched for money .
[
1913 Webster ]
Want of room . . .
pinching a whole nation . --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To move ,
as a railroad car ,
by prying the wheels with a pinch .
See {
Pinch },
n .,
4 .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
To seize by way of theft ;
to steal ;
to lift . [
Slang ]
--
Robert Barr .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
7 .
to catch ;
to arrest (
a criminal ).
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pinched ":
attenuated ,
badly off ,
cadaverous ,
careworn ,
clamped ,
compressed ,
concentrated ,
condensed ,
consolidated ,
constricted ,
contracted ,
corpselike ,
cramped ,
desperate ,
distressed ,
down to bedrock ,
drawn ,
emacerated ,
emaciate ,
emaciated ,
embarrassed ,
feeling the pinch ,
haggard ,
hard pressed ,
hard up ,
hollow -
eyed ,
ill off ,
impecunious ,
in Queer Street ,
in desperate straits ,
in extremis ,
in extremities ,
in narrow circumstances ,
in reduced circumstances ,
in straitened circumstances ,
jejune ,
knitted ,
land -
poor ,
marantic ,
marasmic ,
narrow ,
nipped ,
on the edge ,
out of pocket ,
peaked ,
peaky ,
pinched -
in ,
poor ,
poorly off ,
puckered ,
puny ,
pursed ,
reduced ,
short ,
short of cash ,
short of funds ,
short of money ,
shriveled ,
skeletal ,
solidified ,
sorely pressed ,
squeezed ,
starved ,
starveling ,
straitened ,
strangled ,
strangulated ,
strapped ,
tabetic ,
tabid ,
underfed ,
undernourished ,
unmoneyed ,
unprosperous ,
up against it ,
wasp -
waisted ,
wasted ,
weazeny ,
withered ,
wizened ,
worn ,
wraithlike ,
wrinkled
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